Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:33PM
By Faisal Bodi
Ofcom's decision to stop Press TV broadcasting in the UK is a nakedly political action, which further sullies Britain's already tattered international reputation.
Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:26PM
By Ismail Salami
Eventually but not surprisingly, Britain capitulated to an urging demand long wished for and much desired by the Royal family to silence Press TV in the UK thanks to the unflagging efforts of the servile media supervisory office known as Ofcom.
Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:53AM
Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) has removed Press TV from the Sky platform as it cannot tolerate the channel's alternative voice, an analyst tells Press TV.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:50PM
The CEO of the English-language broadcaster Press TV says Britain's ban on the Iran-based news network's office in London is the “worst decision at the worst time.”
Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:21PM
Interview with George Galloway, former British MP
The British Office of Communications (Ofcom) has revoked Press TV's broadcasting license and finally removed the channel from the Sky platform.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:3PM
Interview with political commentator Zeyd al-Isa
The British Office of Communications (Ofcom)'s removal of Press TV from the Sky platform targets the core values and principles of democracy, a political analyst tells Press TV.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:37PM
The British media regulator, Ofcom, has served Press TV's London office with an order to pay a 100,000 pound fine.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:25PM
by Afshin Rattansi, courtsey of Counterpunch
For the first time, British government censors have banned a 24-hour news channel from British viewers. As of the afternoon, UK-time, 20th January 2012, viewers of Press TV, an avowedly anti-imperialist TV channel headquartered in Tehran and featuring many of the voices found in CounterPunch, saw the words “Channel Unavailable” when tapping their clicker.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:13PM
A British journalist says the revocation of Press TV's broadcasting license and its removal from the Sky platform by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) is a blatant example of “media censorship,” Press TV reports.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:17PM
Interview with Phil Rees, author and journalist, London.
Press TV, which for many years has covered imperialist wars and highlighted rights abuses and the Arab Spring has been shut down in Britain by the British state.
Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:38AM
Interview with Saeb Shaath, Political analyst.
A prominent political analyst says the British state funded Ofcom [Office of communication] decision to silence Press TV is equivalent to the Spanish inquisition.
Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:36PM
In a blatant example of censorship and in violation of freedom of speech, the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) has revoked Press TV's broadcasting license and finally removed the channel from the Sky platform.
Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:20PM
In a questionable move and without offering a valid response to the Press TV CEO's letters, the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) has revoked Press TV's broadcasting license and finally removed the channel from the Sky platform.
Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:13AM
Interview with Peter Eyre, a Middle East consultant
Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) has recently imposed a fine on Press TV, claiming the 24-hour Iranian English-language news channel has breached its rules.
Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:12AM
Interview with Danny Schechter, editor of Media Channel.org.
The British Office of Communication [Ofcom] has decided to take Press TV off air, saying the Network has made administrative errors in its license application back in 2007.
Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:7AM
The majority of respondents to a new survey view the effort by Britain's Office of Communications (OfCom) to remove Press TV from the Sky platform as "an instance of intellectual terrorism."
Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:45AM
By Ismail Salami
Intellectual terrorism applies, in the broad sense of the word, to any act of executing the spirit of truth or silencing the voice of justice.
Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:14AM
Interview with Lindsey German of Stop the War Coalition
Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) has drawn criticism from the international spectators of Press TV following the British media regulator's decision to ban the law-abiding Iranian news network.
Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:52AM
Interview with Phil Rees, author and journalist
Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) has decided to take Press TV off the air in the UK, citing administrative problems as the reason.
Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:46AM
Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) has drawn criticism from the international spectators of Press TV following the UK media supervisory body's decision to ban the law-abiding Iranian news network.
Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:31PM
Interview with Chris Bambery, political analyst
Britain's Office of Communications, known as OfCom, has decided to take Press TV off air in the UK, citing administrative problems in Press TV's application as the reason.
Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:35PM
The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) has succumbed to the British royal family's demands to ban Press TV activities despite the Iranian news network's compliance with the law.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 5:51PM
OfCom is to stipulate its final verdict regarding a complaint against Iran's English-language news channel for airing a 10-second clip meant to prove the baseless nature of a claim made by Western media.
Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:57PM
By Porya Mohajer Soltani
For a country that boasts enjoying freedom of opinion and expression, the UK seems to have problem with Press TV exercising freedom within its borders.
Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:54PM
The British government's mounting pressure on Press TV and the freezing of Press TV Ltd's assets are illegal moves aimed at limiting the network's coverage of the UK politics.
Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:29AM
Press TV's audiences have reacted to the recent ruling by British media regulator Ofcom (Office of Communications) that seeks to issue statutory sanctions against Press TV for what it calls “breaching OFCOM's Broadcasting Code” after one individual filed a complaint against the network.
Wed May 25, 2011 3:42PM
By Mark Dankof, courtesy of /mark1marti2.wordpress.com
“The intensification of armaments, the increase in police forces, are all essential for the completion of the aforementioned plans. What we have to get at is that there should be in all the states of the world, besides ourselves, only the masses of the proletariat, a few millionaires devoted to our interests, police, and soldiers....”
